Summer-Dry
Sustainability is a core value to the garden we feature. In summer-dry gardens, those regions around the world with Mediterranean type climates of dry summers and wet winters, well chosen plants are sustained with little effort. Since we are a California company in a summer-dry region we especially want to encourage gardeners to use these plants and garden photographers to celebrate a distinctive aesthetic.
October 26, 2017
There is something about prairies that makes them particularly hard to photograph. By definition they are vast and flat. There is the land; there is [...]
October 24, 2017
The Denver Botanic Garden gets better every time I visit. There are new buildings, like the Science Pyramid pictured above, at the end of a [...]
October 13, 2017
A recent garden photography workshop at Denver Botanic Garden became a classic lesson on finding photos. By “finding photos” I ask students to use the [...]
October 12, 2017
One of the delightful challenges for any garden photographer is to find the photo that best illustrates the story in front of you. That can [...]
September 6, 2017
When I was first learning about gardening photography I quickly figured out I should never shoot in bright sunlight. The camera cannot hold details in [...]
August 31, 2017
The 2017 superbloom in the California deserts was a sensation. The superbloom began in late winter in the southern most deserts and progressed northward, even [...]
August 29, 2017
I guess this photo tip has nothing to do with photographing plants or gardens, but so many people seemed surprised I was able to capture [...]
August 18, 2017
There is increasing scientific evidence that healthy soils could sequester all the airborne carbon in the Earth’s atmosphere which is the major cause of global [...]
July 26, 2017
The San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers is doing its part to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. The iconic Victorian glasshouse is [...]
July 17, 2017
It seems to happen overnight – the tree bark on Madrones and Manzanitas breaks and peels back. If you are in just the right spot [...]
